[Hidden-tech] Recommendation needed for contract review

[Andrew Bellak]

Kevin Vanderleeden of McCormick, Paulding & Huber out of Springfield, 
MA, IP specialist and who we use for IP.

cc:ed on this email.

Good luck!

Andrew

On 3/31/2011 2:32 PM, Videatives wrote:
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> Dear HT'ers,
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> Videatives, Inc, a start-up company, might partner with a large video
> streaming company, Kanopy Streaming, with a home base in Perth,
> Australia.  They would like to put about 100 of our high resolution
> video files on their server as part of their 2,000 + video library.
> The would pay us a 55% royalty for any customer who paid an annual
> subscription to view our clips from the Kanopy Streaming service, not
> from the Videatives Streaming Service.  This is a non-exclusive
> license.  They have sent us a 12 page (pdf file) contract.  I
> understand most of it, but I am not confident that I can predict
> unintended consequences.  Can someone recommend an attorney who can be
> gentle on fees, yet knows how to look for weaknesses in such contracts
> regarding such matters as two way indemnification, performance clause,
> net sales figures, escape clause, etc.  It could be that this contract
> is boiler plate.  It reads quite similar to one an author signs with a
> publisher, but in this case, the content is not owned by the
> "publisher"  Kanopy Streaming.  Videatives still owns the files and
> will continue to sell them directly to customers and to other
> distributors.   Thanks,
>
> George Forman, President
> Videatives, Inc.
> 19 The Hollow
> Amherst, Ma  01002
> GEForman at aol.com
> www.videatives.com
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